The People's Choice, from Washington to Harding: A Study in DemocracyThis work discusses how politics, democracy, and the presidency evolved in the United States from 1789 to 1923. |
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... government formed to safeguard the rights of property Tom Paine , for example , addressing him as follows , in an open letter : ' As to you , sir , treacherous in private friend- ship ... and a hypocrite in public life , the world will ...
... government formed to safeguard the rights of property Tom Paine , for example , addressing him as follows , in an open letter : ' As to you , sir , treacherous in private friend- ship ... and a hypocrite in public life , the world will ...
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... government , and that Hamilton and his friends were working for such a government . So Washington was persuaded to work with them . ' Strong government , ' as it was interpreted by the Hamil- tonians , meant government by , and in the ...
... government , and that Hamilton and his friends were working for such a government . So Washington was persuaded to work with them . ' Strong government , ' as it was interpreted by the Hamil- tonians , meant government by , and in the ...
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... Government had been growing in power at the expense of the States ; second , a belief that within the central government the Executive should regain much of the prestige that had been lost to Congress ; third , a determination to break ...
... Government had been growing in power at the expense of the States ; second , a belief that within the central government the Executive should regain much of the prestige that had been lost to Congress ; third , a determination to break ...
Contents
WASHINGTON | 3 |
JOHN ADAMS AND JEFFERSON | 32 |
MADISON MONROE AND JOHN QUINCY ADAMS | 72 |
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